Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Farm Aid 2026 - amazing show by all involved!! Support our farmers!! 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’d like to see talk of strikes at the munitions plants where the military buys its arsenal. Are those workers super well-paid and happy with the results of the life’s work? 000
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. 537153497215
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I heard a report that the US plans to stop all air travel into and out of Iran by strong arming nations where their flights land. I couldn’t help but think of how the US tried to fence in Japan in the 30s and how they reacted. 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 15/09/2026When an ‘artist’ like Sheeran - who is apparently a multi-millionaire x100- caves to financial pressure, they are no longer selling art. F him. 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 15/09/2026When a celebrity shows you directly who they are, believe them. F Ed Sheeran. 010
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Now they are going to use domino theory on AI development, saying if we don’t create an AI that can destroy human life then the Chinese will do it first. 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I think Dr Sam Beckett failed the assignment somewhere along the way in this timeline. #quantumleap 120
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 12/09/2026One of the many things I resent about American media is their forcing betting terminology and ‘analysis’ on the viewer. 000
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyThe Socialist Dad @thesocialistdad.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Opposing genocide is not a left vs right thing You either condemn the worst crime in human history or, you're a cunt 44933192
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The Dallas sex workers, esp those catering to closeted gay men, are gonna have a great week. Kudos to them! Soak the bastards!! 000
Reposted by Grouchy Old Guy💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 05/09/2026We spent thousands of years trying to produce enough food, shelter and energy for everyone. We finally became capable of doing it. Then we invented shareholders. 13056791348
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyTasha @toshyou.bsky.social · 30/08/2026NO media 1000s are marching in DC to defend voting rights; 90 orgs signed on, Reuters sent photographers, but local media Bernie Sanders, AOC and Martin Luther King III attended Wa Post buried it A Black-led march is visible in DC only after somebody else reports it Repost the march they buried 227120836808
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Let’s stop pretending that the US military is out there ‘protecting us’- they are protecting corporate and wealthy interests, while participating in the destruction of other humans’ lives. Deploying the military is harmful to everyone involved. 030
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyAnn Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social · 13/08/2026For $15, I got a used DVD player. It was so liberating to watch a movie with no interruptions. No ads! Nobody trying to sell me dubious meds with more side effects than benefits. I can get DVDs at the library anytime I want! How did anyone ever convince me paid subscriptions WITH ADs were okay?! 516596987
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyNick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It's funny how Abdul El-Sayed should code as your pretty typical jock-turned-Type A prep-turned politician but because he's brown and supports Palestine he's destabilizing the system 1392
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyJon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 10/08/2026If I was a young person being told that the best our economic system can ever offer me is working longer and longer hours to live with more and more roommates and eat worse and worse food, I might start getting this crazy idea that we need a new economic system. 42516467
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Expect the GOP to go full Homer Stokes as more progressives win primaries and gen elections. 041
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyWomen’s March @womensmarch.com · 05/08/2026🚨 HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Women's Marchers have been arrested in the Capitol for standing vigil for the people killed by ICE. #AbolishICE llustrations by @channeldraw 94496944859
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyNick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 04/08/2026It's definitely a silver lining rather than a ray of sunshine, but I do think Americans lucked out that, when fascism came to America, it came in the form of a cartoonishly corrupt, feeble-minded, and self-serving reality TV show star rather than a JD Vance or a Tom Cotton 5373
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyThe Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 04/08/2026More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports. 135159424675
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Scarcity of food, housing, medical care, is a political choice. Don’t forget this fact of modern life. Outrage is a proper response to this fact. 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Grilling in the back yard last evening, enjoying the views. 020
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyRob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 17/07/2026this is you in meta’s pervert glasses 444859824
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyThe Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 18/07/2026James Cameron's Aliens was released 40 years ago today. 40 years of Burke.static.klipy.comRipley to Burke: Which Species is Worse?Alt: Ripley to Burke: Which Species is Worse? 702238366
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 18/07/2026We live in a timeline when The Dead Zone book’s main character could have taken a shot in 2015, the candidate could have grabbed a baby as a human shield, and the candidate then goes on to win twice. 010
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyMark Tolman (he/him) 🏳️🌈 🖖 @mtolman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026“I don't get political” translates to “This isn't hurting me yet and I don't care that it's hurting you.” 16264711813
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Isn’t it about damn time for a ‘Darth Vader comes to his senses and throws the Emperor down a pit’ moment, don’t you? 000
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyBarron W. Tramp @barronwtramp.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Universal Healthcare isn't far left Prosecuting rapists isn't far left Criticizing politicians and policies isn't far left Demanding laws for equality & civil rights isn't far left None of it is far enough If someone considers any of these ideas to be far left then they're definitely far right 12546941367
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuySiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Happy Birthday, Mavis Staples!! #UrbanViewMornings 191818210
Reposted by Grouchy Old Guykyleayers.bsky.social @kyleayers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Not saying that game was stolen from Egypt but it is now on display at museum in London. 160144802890
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I think the story of this cup could be ‘most corrupt games in the most corrupt country’ 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Corrupt VAR BS against Egypt calling that goal back 010
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Will it be known in history as the Truck Nuts Administration? 000
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyMandragore བོད་ @mandragore.bsky.social · 03/07/2026🙏 Lobga Rangzen 🙏 youtu.be/odCryWquDesyoutu.beLobga Rangzen Self-Immolation MessageYouTube video by International Campaign for Tibet 265
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 30/06/2026When we remake the government (and yes, we absolutely must), we should develop a new SCOTUS by asking Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson who she would like to work with, and fill the court that way. 021
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyJeff From Ohio @jefffromohio.bsky.social · 29/06/202654 years ago today, we lost Alex Kintner. If he had survived, he’d be 66 years old and his mother would be 135.static.klipy.comJawsALT: Jaws 3194
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I never grooved with the Guilded Age literature or aesthetic. I guess the gardens are nice, but so clearly derived from a European sense of making nature behave in straight lines. (Touring The Mount, where Edith Wharton lived for a time) 010
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Day 3 at Solid Sound in N Adams, MA. Such a great vibe! 030
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyDr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 26/06/2026It's important to note the things that centrists DO magically find the will to take action on. 35917
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyJim Fusilli @jimfusilli.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Twenty-eight years ago, I interviewed Billy Bragg about “Mermaid Avenue,” an album of Woody Guthrie lyrics set to music Bragg and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy composed. I never saw them perform “Mermaid Avenue” - but I will tonight at the Solid Sound festival in North Adams, MA. tinyurl.com/2fuzaezutinyurl.comIn the Words of Woody Guthrie - WSJ 1142
Reposted by Grouchy Old Guy Spooky Femme Peter Lorre 🙀 @sarahkite.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Gang of Four just took the main stage 3231
Reposted by Grouchy Old Guy Spooky Femme Peter Lorre 🙀 @sarahkite.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Billy Bragg at Solid Sound singing There Is Power In a Union 21552272
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Will Mitch McConnell show up next week like this? 010
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyNiera 🏳️⚧️ @mywifecallsmeacat.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Every FIFA world cup team has the opportunity to do the funniest thing possible by letting Iran's team win and force the president to hand them the trophy. 1263784609
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The World Cup is proof that if not for our leaders, the vast majority of the world's people would get along just fine. 245110822184